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Grumman archive photos. by
Ralph Currell
Hi all.
This will be primarily of interest to aviation enthusiasts, but there
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Guenter Wendt by
Obviousman
A legend in the US space programme, Guenter Wendt, passed away today at
the age of 86.
Cheers, Guenter, and raise your glass in memory of the Pad Fuhrer.
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Vanguard 2 satellite article by
Pat Flannery
The shape of the Vanguard 2 satellite became so iconic that for most of
the 1960's if you asked someone to draw a satellite, they would draw a
sphere with...
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OT, but a spooky concept by
[email protected]
As I recall the cold war-winning effect of the cruise missile, it was
the HINT to the
paranoid commies that every Delikat-Essen panel truck was a weapon
aimed...
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A neat poster I found by
Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)[_948_]
http://www.historyshots.com/Space/index.cfm
The site actually has a number of really cool posters.
Anyway, if you're looking to get me any Christmas...
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video) by
Pat Flannery
On 4/29/2010 6:05 PM, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 4/29/2010 12:19 PM, Rick Jones wrote:
Those things expand considerably at altitude don't they?
Yeah,...
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When Skyhook balloons go wrong (video) by
Pat Flannery
On 4/29/2010 3:59 PM, Dre wrote:
From what I've heard (I'm live in Aus) on the news, the release let go too
early when a gust of wind picked up and...
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Direction of launches by
[email protected]
Do all satellites travel the same direction as the earth spins when in orbit? My
understanding is that they are launched in that direction to get added...
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DARPA HTV flops by
Pat Flannery
A Falcon hypersonic glide vehicle that Lockheed-Martin built for DARPA
lost ground contact after separating from its Minotaur booster rather
than flying...
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Stephen Hawking: Beware The Aliens! by
Pat Flannery
Watch the skies! Keep watching the skies!:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/25/stephen-hawking-aliens_n_551035.html
Any alien species that can build...
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How the CIA took America to the Moon by
F/32 Eurydice
Several years ago, PBS had a documentary whose name I can't remember,
but I think that is was simply an American history of the year 1968.
According to that...
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Story Musgrave disses ISS by
Pat Flannery
You have been served, space station:
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/04/20-years-later-hubble-humans-and-the-future-of-space-flight/39212/
Pat
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Happy Yuri's Night to all! by
GordonD
Forty-nine years on...
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."
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In the EVENT? by
bcon1
.. .. That the ideas of what we are as a simpled gang oriented society, is in
the mixing stages. What is a Gang in space calleD.
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